On MLK Day: Zionism and Tikun Israel

By Leor Sinai | January 15, 2024

In 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. shared his dream that “…this nation (US) will rise up and live out…

Strength in Unity

October 7th 2023, When Everything—And Nothing—Changed.

By Leor Sinai | December 5, 2023

It’s taken me a couple of months to write about this War of Iron Swords. I keep asking myself: What…

Israel Advocates or Education Diplomats?

By Leor Sinai | December 28, 2022

The field of teen immersive experiences in Israel is undergoing a transformation not seen since the introduction of Israel Advocacy…

On Passover – What is YOUR why?

By Leor Sinai | April 15, 2022

Duality and contradictions are found throughout the Torah, in Jewish life, and Israel’s existence as a people and a nation-state. The…

ROOTS Israel – Jewish teens explore Israel through service learning projects

By Leor Sinai | November 11, 2020 |

NEW YORK – Four years after tying the knot, Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF) and Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI-JNF) have given birth to their first child, “Roots Israel,” a service learning adventure in Israel for young people. Crafted in response to the growing communal needs for Jewish teen engagement, Israel advocacy and community service, on this journey,…

On Passover — Transformation through Revelation

By Leor Sinai | October 29, 2020 |

Living a Jewish life includes living within a particular framework of values and memories (i.e. we were slaves in Egypt), rituals and experiences.  Passover, a microcosm of Jewish life, requires a set of guidelines in preparation for the Festival including the cleaning of “Hametz,” dietary constraints, and of course the ‘Seder,’ an order accompanied by…

What? Our kids don’t care about Israel?!

By Leor Sinai | October 29, 2020 |

Everywhere I go I hear it from everyone over and over again: We’re losing our kids!They don’t care! They are not prepared! They don’t care about Israel! Kids these days don’t understand! We’re losing, we’re losing, we’re losing! I’m like: Whoa!  No way!  How could that be? I mean how could it be that this…

Impact Investment in Leadership

By Leor Sinai | October 29, 2020 |

Israel Education, Israel Studies and Israel Advocacy must be integrated into A Continuum of learning and engagement – an Israel Continuum.  Young people are sophisticated, they are inquisitive, and they are thirsty for purpose and responsibility.  At the Alexander Muss High School in Israel student surveys reflect a positive reaction to our students’ opportunity to be independent,…

On Zionism, Continuous Revelation & the Next Generation

By Leor Sinai | July 4, 2016 |

Transmission of Jewish continuity and Israel connectivity does not take place in the formal classroom setting on its own. Israel and Jewish education must include an experiential component; it is through experientialism that our children explore and discover meaning that they can connect to. Transmission to the recipient in a more practical – less theoretical…

Keeping it positive, Positively Israel

By Leor Sinai | February 8, 2016 |

JNF’s Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) is proud to announce that it will be hosting its largest Spring Semester session in its 43 year history with 61 students attending the 4 month, full semester.  The Spring sessions will total 314 students, including Day School and Communal partners. Never have so many students registered…